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100 Rufiyaa Republic 30th Anniversary
| Issuer | Maldives Monetary Authority |
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| Year | 1998 |
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| Reference(s) | KM# 105 |
| Obverse description | Central device depicts the national emblem of the Maldives, comprising a coconut palm flanked by two crossed national flags bearing the crescent and star motif, with a crescent and star symbol at centre and a ribbon scroll bearing Arabic inscription at the base. The legend MALDIVES appears along the upper right field in Latin characters, with Thaana script inscription occupying the upper left and lower left fields. The denomination 100 RUFIYAA is inscribed along the lower border in Latin characters. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a coloured commemorative logo celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Maldivian Republic, rendered in blue, red, and green, depicting the numeral '30' alongside stylised wave motifs and the word REPUBLIC in blue. The date range 1968-1998 appears within the central design. The legend 30th REPUBLIC ANNIVERSARY is inscribed along the upper border, and the year 1998 is placed in the lower field. |
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The Maldives declared a republic for the first time in 1953, but that government collapsed within months and the sultanate was restored. The republic commemorated here is actually the second republic, proclaimed in November 1968 after a referendum abolished the sultanate of Ibrahim Nasir — making 1998 the genuine thirty-year mark of the modern constitutional order.
KM# 105 was struck at the Royal Mint on a standard 28.28g sterling blank shared with dozens of contemporary Commonwealth-adjacent commemoratives of the period.